So I'm sure you're all tired of hearing me complain about plagiarism and how hurtful and wrong it is - and I promise this will be my last rant.

There is truely nothing that I can do without a small army to prevent people from stealing and taking credit for my work. I've had people publish my work, post it to their blogs as their own to impress their friends, and even post to other artist websites to get reviews and praise. I suppose most people don't understand why that hurts, but every single thing that I wrote and posted to this site had a personal story behind it and usually a lot of pain. These poems are my bleeding heart on paper, and to have people minimize my pain for their own glory is hurtful.

On the other hand, I have several people a year who drop me notes, comments, or emails to let me know how much they love my poems, request to use them in a class, or to post them on their websites with credit given. To those of you from this crowd: Every one of you touches my heart. I want to thank you for both your support and your respect. You're all awesome.

So - long story short - I've finally realized that I am fighting a losing battle here. Depressing, but true. And I just wanted to thank YOU all for being awesome and supportive and just part of a great overall community. DevArt rocks because of you.

-Fin-